Not Your Typical Michael Bay Film (this one's actually good)!

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2005)

The Island
9/10
As I walked into the cinema on Friday, I fully expected this movie to suck in almost every way. I believed that a good idea would be ruined by Michael Bay and wind up being like Pearl Harbor or Armageddon. Despite this, I was surprised to see that THIS MOVIE HAS A PLOT! And a good one at that. It is the latest in a string of smart and plausible Sci-Fi movies, which includes Gataca, Minority Report,and I,Robot.
Ewan McGregor gives a great performance, as does Scarlett Johansson. They perfectly blend the line of acting like an adult and like a child who hasn't experienced the world.
The SFX are as perfect as they are seamless. They don't seem over used nor do they at all seem fake. Not once did think that anything was an SFX, EVEN THE Really OBVIOUS ONES. It all looked and felt real.
The movie does have some however. Some of the action sequences are too over the top to be believable (i.e. the scene on the skyscraper)d.
Good Job Michale Bay!
Overall, a very enjoyable and intriguing film.